Yes, He Can: Twenty Ways Obama Can Use Executive Power to Push a Progressive Agenda Yes, He Can: Twenty Ways Obama Can Use Executive Power to Push a Progressive Agenda
From Cuba to climate change to criminal justice, progressives must push the president to act—and forge a better future.
Jan 24, 2013 / Feature / The Editors
Shelf Life Shelf Life
Shawn Francis Peters’s The Catonsville Nine.
Jan 23, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Mark Oppenheimer
Syracuse Faculty Group to Support Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign Syracuse Faculty Group to Support Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign
A letter in Syracuse University's Daily Orange by Political Science professor Sarah Pralle details why she is leading a faculty group in support of student organizing pushing t...
Jan 23, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Obama’s Shout-Out to Freedom Obama’s Shout-Out to Freedom
In his second inaugural address, the president stood for collective action, solidarity, social justice. Now let’s make him act on it.
Jan 23, 2013 / The Editors
Katha Pollitt and Sarah Posner: Why the Double Standard for Abortion Rights and ‘Viagra Rights’? Katha Pollitt and Sarah Posner: Why the Double Standard for Abortion Rights and ‘Viagra Rights’?
On bloggingheads.tv, Nation columnist Katha Pollitt breaks down the meaning of "pro-choice" and the direction of the pro-choice movement.
Jan 23, 2013 / Press Room
Obama’s First Term Was Shaped by Clashes With Big-Business Interests Obama’s First Term Was Shaped by Clashes With Big-Business Interests
President Barack Obama’s second term will be shaped by his battles with big business lobbyists in his first.
Jan 22, 2013 / Lee Fang
MSNBC Incorrectly Reports No Permits Were Requested to Protest Obama’s Inauguration MSNBC Incorrectly Reports No Permits Were Requested to Protest Obama’s Inauguration
MSNBC host Rachel Maddow incorrectly stated that no protest permits were requested for President Obama’s second inauguration.
Jan 22, 2013 / Allison Kilkenny
Greece: The Spectacle of Violence Greece: The Spectacle of Violence
A rash of bombs in Athens opens the way to further crackdowns.
Jan 21, 2013 / Maria Margaronis
Dispatches From the US Student Movement Dispatches From the US Student Movement
A space for students to share news about the wide range of social and political struggles in which they're involved.
Jan 18, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Is Immigration Reform Really Coming? Is Immigration Reform Really Coming?
Continued racial profiling and record deportations lead some to believe that immigration may not be solved anytime soon.
Jan 18, 2013 / Aura Bogado